The chair's lectures convey the theoretical foundations and fundamental relationships of adaptive autonomy and off-road robotics. In accompanying exercises, this knowledge is applied and deepened using simple examples. The lecture Off-Road Robotics, for example, deals with the holistic fundamentals of autonomous robots in highly unstructured environments. This includes the field of application itself, requirements for hardware and sensor technology, dynamic perception concepts, algorithms and system architectures as well as aspects of safety. After completing the lecture, students will understand the interaction of all components and have the theoretical foundation to develop their own robotic systems.
Seminar
The seminar serves as preparation for correct academic work. The focus is on systematic literature research, correct citation and a structured review of the state of the art in a subject area. The results are critically evaluated and summarized in a seminar paper, which corresponds in structure and content to the related work section of a scientific article or a simple survey paper. Finally, the contents are presented and discussed in plenary. The aim is to gain an in-depth understanding of the current state of research, which serves as a basis for further academic work.
Student project
The student project is practice-oriented work at the chair and deals with a clearly defined technical subject area. Typically, approaches from the scientific literature, for example from the fields of perception or control, are transferred to specific problems of the chair. This requires extensive implementation and testing on real robot systems. The experimental validation of the developed concepts is a central component. The results are documented in a report in IEEE format, which corresponds to the experimental section of a scientific paper, and then presented within the working group.
Scientific publication
Scientific publications are based on very good project work and combine the content of the seminar and the project. While the seminar presents the state of the art in a structured way and the project provides implementations and experimental results, these elements are combined into a complete scientific contribution. This includes motivation and problem definition, the student's own scientific contribution, related work, concept, implementation, experiments as well as discussion and classification of the results. The paper is then submitted to a suitable scientific conference or journal.
Thesis
Compared to the project, the focus of a thesis is more on identifying an open question or research gap in the state of the art. Based on this, a new concept for solving the problem is developed, implemented and evaluated. The thesis thus represents an independent scientific contribution and prepares students specifically for research or demanding industrial development activities.
Seminars
Seminars for students of the Department of Computer Science are organized centrally via the department's allocation platform. Registration and assignment of topics are carried out exclusively via this system. Please note the deadlines and conditions of participation published there.
Projects and theses
For student projects as well as Bachelor's and Master's theses, please first visit the website for information on the Chair's main research areas and current research projects. These provide an overview of the current subject areas in which the Chair is researching and working. If an interesting topic is identified, you can contact the academic staff of the chair. Particular attention should be paid to the technical fit with existing research and doctoral topics. After a successful initial discussion and a joint definition of the topic, an internal contact person is appointed. The topic is then presented to Prof. Wolf, who takes over the official supervision.
Implementations are usually carried out on Linux systems using the Finroc framework. Solid programming skills in C++ are essential for this.
Students are expected to work independently and to provide regular, proactive information about the progress of their work without being asked to do so.
Information from the Examinations Office and the Department of Computer Science
Projects and theses are examinations and must be registered with the relevant Examinations Office by the deadline. The RPTU provides important information on examinations.
Note on the use of GenAI tools
The use of generative AI tools for the creation of texts or for the content development of student work is generally not permitted. Any such unidentified use will be considered an attempt to cheat, reported to the Examination Office and will result in automatic failure of the thesis. Repeated attempts to cheat may result in the loss of the right to take examinations and thus exmatriculation.
RPTU providesguidelines on the use of AI tools.
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